Swaddling Your Baby: The Burrito Roll

The "Burrito Roll" is a more secure (and longer-lasting) version of the Quick Wrap swaddle. When properly dressed in a Burrito Roll, the baby will resemble a popular Mexican foodstuff that consists of a flour tortilla rolled around a meat or bean filling.

Excerpted from The Baby Owner's Manual (Quirk Books, 2003), by Louis Borgenicht MD, and Joe Borgenicht, DAD from American Baby

4. Tuck the baby's hands into the fold of the blanket. The hands should rest beside the baby's shoulders or face. (If you have a particularly active baby, you can tuck the blanket under the baby's armpits, so her hands will remain mobile.)

5. Pull the right side of the blanket across the baby's body. Tuck it under the baby's left side.